320 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [July, '07 



Mr. H. W. Wenzel made some remarks on the collection of 

 his son and Dr. Castle, made at Tybee Island, and showed a 

 number of new and interesting species. 



Mr. Harbeck reported the capture of Lcptogaster virgatus 

 Coq. at Trenton, N. J., on July 7th, as new to the New Jersey 

 list. 



Mr. Wenzel showed specimens of Pityophagus cephalotes 

 Lee. taken at Iona, N. J. April 30th. This species was de- 

 scribed from a unique specimen from Pennsylvania, and is 

 not represented in the collection at Washington, nor in the 

 Horn collection. Mr. Wenzel also exhibited some small tubes 

 open at both ends, and charged in the centre with cyanide of 

 potassium, for collecting minute insects. 



Frank Haimbach, Secretary. 



H. D. MERRICK. 



It was with great sorrow and regret that we learned of the 

 death of Mr. Merrick. He had been a student of the L,epi- 

 doptera for a number of years, and he and his father, Mr. F. 

 A. Merrick, have a host of friends and correspondents who 

 will greatly feel his loss. 



Harry Duncan Merrick, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. 

 Merrick, of New Brighton, Pa., died June 5th, at 4 o'clock, 

 at his home in Cleveland, O., of acute pneumonia, after but a 

 few days' illness. The news of his death came as a great 

 shock to his many friends in New Brighton and the Beaver 

 Valley. Mr. Merrick had not been in good health for several 

 years but had been able to attend to his business interests. He 

 contracted pneumonia, but was not thought to be in a serious 

 condition. His parents received a message that he was criti- 

 cally ill. They at once went to Cleveland and were with him 

 when the end came. 



Harry was born and raised in New Brighton and had many 

 friends throughout the Beaver Valley who will mourn his death. 

 He had been engaged in business in Cleveland for the past few 

 years. He was 38 years of age and is survived by his wife, 

 his parents, and one sister, Mrs. F. H. Darragh. 



